NYTimes had an article about sperm banks coupla years ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/magazine/319dad.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all and they said there is a market in what women are looking for “..She did have a few ideas of what she might look for: she wanted a man of her same blood type, O positive. Because she herself is so tall, she preferred a medium height. (Short donors don’t exist; because most women seek out tall ones, most banks don’t accept men under 5-foot-9.)..”

Why on earth would it be a hoax? The same thing goes on in the U.S., you know. Except usually they pay one woman for surrogacy and another woman for the egg. And the better educated, more beautiful women get paid more for their eggs. Women also get paid more if they are members of some relatively small group (e.g. Jewish).

Yeah, although I can’t say genetics has no impact on intelligence, I don’t think I’d take such a price premium based on the degree of education they have in determining how smart the child turns out to be. It seems like too much of a gamble.